Posted on 02/16/2015 4:19:45 PM PST by JSDude1
A neat scoop by Andrew Johnson, although Im more interested in grassroots reaction to it than I am in the story itself.
Governor Walker does not support amnesty, the governors spokesman, Tom Evenson, tells National Review Online. Evenson says the 2002 resolution was stripped of references to amnesty before passage and, in fact, reinforces the governors view that illegal immigrants should face penalties before they are granted citizenship. The resolution, viewable here, did not mention or spell out such penalties, and expressed support for comprehensive immigration reform that would have provided greater opportunity for undocumented working immigrants to obtain legal residency in the United States.
After nearly a decade in the statehouse, Walker became the executive of liberal-leaning Milwaukee County after winning a special election in April 2002. The county board had been working on the immigration-reform resolution for two years and it came before Walker in May 2002, shortly after he came to office. According to an official record of the proceedings, it explained the reasons for the boards support, including the contributions of immigrants to the countys economy, their vulnerability to exploitation, and the fact that Milwaukee had played host to the National Council of La Razas 2001 convention, where the plight of illegal immigrants had been discussed
Former county supervisor Dan Diliberti, who authored the resolution, says it was a symbolic statement of support for a policy of amnesty and comprehensive immigration reform. He recalls meeting with Walker to discuss the matter. He was definitely for it, Diliberti tells National Review Online in a phone interview.
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HE'S FOR AMNESTY, and all you Scott Walker FR Defenders will find yourselves in the same position as Bush Jr, Romney, McCain, or Paul Ryan defenders when all is said and done (even if Scott Walker somehow becomes President and betrays us all).
Just sayin.
I know it and you know it, but there are plenty who will continue to delude themselves because they percieve him to be a “winner” and that’s all that matters. And then he’ll say, “see ya at the signin’”, oh wait, we’ve seen that before.
Remember W. said in the 2000 campaign, No amnesty. In fact he was saying McCain/Kennedy wasn’t amnesty. McCain says it isn’t amnesty. Walker will say it isn’t amnesty.
It’s amnesty.
Vote for it and you will get it.
Signed up Feb8, 2015 to do your work, eh? You political operative vermin are an infestation.
I’m a Ted Cruz supporter. You can check my posts on this site for months giving my support to Cruz.
However, in Walker’s defense, it is possible to reject amnesty for illegals and approve of some kind of comprehensive immigration reform. If a person signs onto a particular law that’s already written, then he’s stuck with that law.
If, however, he says that he thinks the whole system needs to be revamped, that doesn’t mean he automatically supports amnesty for illegals.
I don’t agree with comprehensive bills on anything. I want a single focused bill. One on the border fence. One on process for returning illegals to their home countries. There should be a law that no bill in congress can be over 4 pages.
However, the good news in these sad attempts to discredit Scott Walker is how laughably weak these attacks are. Scott Walker is the most fully vetted candidate in recent memory. This is the best his opponents have got because it is all there is.
What? Myself and millions of other Americans were screaming our heads off about illegal immigration in 2002.
This find proves that Walker was off the reservation a looooong time ago, and still is.
You're defending the indefensible. Walker, as an American citizen, should already have adopted a principled stand against illegal immigration and amnesty.
Just because illegals aren't as great a problem in Wisconsin as in other states, doesn't grant him a pass on this issue. It's important to the very existence of the nation.
Did you read the rest of the article, He supported Amnesty as late as two years ago, and still does, IMO. Don’t be fooled by Fake Conservatives. It’s Ted Cruz and a few others or bust..!
Did you read the rest, that he was still supporting Amnesty (and still does IMO) as little as two years ago!
Not to mention that he’s weak on marriage and right to work.
Walker is 100% GOPe. He will change nothing in DC.
They won’t change.
Yep. Thanks for posting.
BUMP
He’s also got a slimy, double-talking PR guy.
Been a reader for many years, just decided to join recently.
Only looking out for the Constitution and the citizens.
Did Scott Walker flip-flop on a immigration and a pathway to citizenship?
Thursday, February 5, 2015 9:41:56 PM · 97 of 104
mouse1 to Ronaldus Magnus; Balding_Eagle
Wisconsin has many illegals, of course not like the southern border states but still a problem. In northern Wisconsin where I live they are here working the fields. Of course southside Milwaukee has always been Hispanic but now you can drive for a distance before seeing any signs in English. I wouldnt recommend driving there to visit. It seems like a lot of the crimes are driving drunk resulting in homicide. Most of the shootings and stabbings has been Hispanic on Hispanic. We dont have the home invasions yet. I can send you links if you want. I also think the nightly news has stopped mentioning the fact that the offenders are here illegal.
Its all is about the 11 million [undocumented immigrants], Walker said. You hear some people talk about border security and a wall and all that. To me, I dont know that you need any of that if you had a better, saner way to let people into the country in the first place.
Walker added: If people want to come here and work hard in this country, I dont care if you come from Mexico or Canada or Ireland or Germany or South Africa or anywhere else. I want them
OR
Make it easier to enter the country legally
Walker said he is in favor of the Senate immigration billthat features a path to citizenshipbut called it a backward Band-Aid approach, saying elected leaders should make it easier for people to enter the country and become legal citizens in the first place.
Not only do they need to fix things for people already here, or find some way to do it, theres got to be a larger way to fix the system in the first place, he said. Because if it wasnt so cumbersome, if there wasnt such a long wait, if it wasnt so difficult to get in, we wouldnt have the other problems that we have (with people living here illegally), he said. Walkers stance on immigration reform evolved over the years.
Source: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, Endorses path to citizenship , Jul 3, 2013
2010: stop suspected illegals; 2012: thats a distraction
Walkers stance on immigration reform evolved over the years. He said as a gubernatorial candidate in 2010 that he would sign an Arizona-style bill, which would allow local police to stop suspected illegal immigrants, if he were elected. Then, in December 2012, Walker said he no longer favored such a bill, telling reporters that such legislation would become a huge distraction from accomplishing his agenda for the state. Today, Walker said he would support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants under some circumstances.
Source: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, Endorses path to citizenship , Jul 3, 2013
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